FTC v. Amg Capital Management, LLC

998 F.3d 897

Opinion

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION, No. 16-17197 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 2:12-cv-00536- GMN-VCF AMG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC; BLACK CREEK CAPITAL CORPORATION; BROADMOOR CAPITAL ORDER PARTNERS, LLC; LEVEL 5 MOTORSPORTS, LLC; SCOTT A. TUCKER; PARK 269 LLC; KIM C. TUCKER, Defendants-Appellants.

On Remand from the United States Supreme Court

Filed June 8, 2021

Before: Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain and Carlos T. Bea, Circuit Judges, and Richard G. Stearns, * District Judge.

Order

* The Honorable Richard G. Stearns, United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, sitting by designation. 2 FTC V. AMG CAPITAL MGMT.

In light of the Supreme Court’s decision in AMG Capital Mgmt., LLC v. FTC, 141 S. Ct. 1341 (2021), the opinion of this Court dated December 3, 2018, 910 F.3d 417, is VACATED, and judgment is entered REVERSING the district court’s order awarding equitable monetary relief to the FTC. We remand this case to the district court for further proceedings consistent with the Supreme Court’s opinion.

REVERSED and REMANDED.